Would like to hear suggestion? [closed]

Make sure All your customers and potential customers know and understand that their dogs will be sleeping in cages in the shed at night. Even though many times profiles aren't read, you should also put it on your profile.

Personally, I would not want my dog sleeping in a crate in the shed even if it did have air conditioning. My customers want their pups to have the "home environment" as rover advertises and I want the same for "my" dog. I have customers that "kenneled" their pups and then found me. I hear how grateful they are to find me.

Sorry, but reading your question and possible solution really shocked and unnerved me at first. There was a situation in Chandler, AZ, one summer (110 temps) several years ago, where a "private home dog kennel" put about 20-some dogs in a shed "with air conditioning" and left adult family members to care for the dogs while kennel owners went on vacation. Dog owners were told their dogs would be sleeping in the home. The family members left in charge didn't care for the dogs (or forgot) and all the dogs died a horrible death. You may have heard as it is a Senator's son and daughter-in-law who were left in charge of the care of the dogs. The kennel was owned by the daughter-in-laws' parents. The location of the "dog boarding home" where this happened is only a few miles from me. Your dilemma of a budding business just brought back horrible memories.

People come to Rover as an alternative to kennels, where their pets are confined in cages. They are looking for another home environment, just as you advertise in your profile and photos--pets not only romping around the backyard but also hanging out indoors on comfy beds, etc.

What you are proposing is, for all intents and purposes, a kennel. Toward the end of your pics, I saw the shed in your backyard and it didn't look like something that should be used to house animals. But that's just my opinion.

With the number of animals and their housing, you are probably subject to not only having a business license (and required inspections by authorities) but could run into problems with zoning restrictions for business use in a residential area. Another big consideration is your homeowners insurance. If you are running a business out of your home, as you state, do they know that you also run a kennel?

Sorry these aren't "suggestions", but you did ask how we "feel" about your proposed changes. Rover advertises that dogs board in a sitter's home. Having a separate facility with cages for dogs isn't consistent with the Rover experience.

I would agree with the other sitter as well. I would not want my dog sleeping in a shed.

The whole idea is so that my pet is in a home environment. Interacting with people, being next to someone during the day time and most differently during the night time. It sounds like you are a boarding physicality. From what you described to us on here does not match your what you describe on your profile.

The real test will be if your clients continue to book through you, but i personally would not want to have my pet stay with you.

I agree with Kathleen and Erica- this information should be in your profile.

Instead of expanding how many dogs you take, I would suggest increasing your price point a bit.

Clients choose Rover sitters because they are not kennels and provide an extra level of care for the pets in their care. If I saw what you are proposing and what you currently provide, outside all day, kenneled in a shed I would never consider using you nor ever recommend you.